--- title: Republican Convention: Donald Trump's Motorcade in Accident description: Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s staffers was involved in a minor accident in New York on Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4411703/republican-convention-donald-trump-motorcade-accident/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-18T22:00:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:57:59.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump's Staffers Involved in Minor Accident og:description: No one was injured. og:url: https://time.com/4411703/republican-convention-donald-trump-motorcade-accident/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f04bf1fcafb3eb7/69889c5d2dce0193659e9e3e/trump_grudges_rnc_cleveland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3860 og:image:height: 2171 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump's Staffers Involved in Minor Accident twitter:description: No one was injured. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f04bf1fcafb3eb7/69889c5d2dce0193659e9e3e/trump_grudges_rnc_cleveland.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Staffers Involved in Minor Accident > Sponsored content. 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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at Trump SoHo Hotel, June 22, 2016, in New York City. Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:57 AM UTCPublished: Jul 18, 2016 10:00 PM UTC Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign staffers were[ involved in a minor accident](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/manafort-trump-not-injured-in-motorcade-accident-225735) in New York on Monday. Campaign manager [Paul Manafort told CNN that no one, including Trump, was hurt](http://www.snappytv.com/tc/2393550). The U.S. Secret Service noted that the cars were not a part of the official motorcade. > [](https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/755159586768846848) The accident reportedly occurred as Trump and his wife, Melania, were on their way to the airport to fly to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where Trump will officially accept the Republican nomination later this week. 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